And the list goes on, good evening everyone, im julie haener. And im frank sommerville, working from home today. Or than half 1 Million People around the world now have the coronavirus, the United States has surpassed china and leads the world in the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins university. The United States, china and italy, all have more than 80,000 cases. Unemployment claims hit a record of 3. 28 million last week, thats more than quadruple the previous weekly high setback in 1982. Many states are overwhelmed and economists expect it will get worse. On wall street stocks surged despite the appointment numbers, traders are anticipating passage of the massive coronavirus ada bill. The dow gained more than 1300 points today, nasdaq rose 413 and the s p was up 154. The relief bill is the president desk as soon as tomorrow. Jana katsuyama joins us live and she spoke with a labor economist. Is there a sense this bill will be
Found one person who had been shot in the leg. Paramedics rushed that person to the hospital. They are expected to be okay. M police are searching for the shooter, a hispanic male in his 20s wearing a black hoodie. A search is underway in halfmoon bay after a witness says the car flew over the cliff. Details are limited. But we do know the witness said it happened around 10 30 this morning. This is video looking for the car and its driver. Crews did find debris, but they arent sure if it belonged to this crash for a previous one. Investigators were told the car was a green lexus, but caution that might not be accurate. It is unknown how long crews will continue this search. A historic shift to tell you about in San Francisco. According to help, more than 400 restaurants closed in the city just this year. Thats a Staggering Number for the city that prides itself for being a top destination for foodies. What may be behind these unprecedented closures. Reporter yes. This is one of the man
And looked at it and we saw the guy under the car and three cars stopped. We saw because that guy was underneath and very painful. Back live in east san jose, investigators say the driver of the silver to gold colored suv ran off and so they are looking for that person. If you have any information, youre asked to call 911 or the San Jose Police department. They are trying to find that person. Again right now, road is blocked off from adrian way all the way down to leeward drive as Police Continue to investigate this and wait for the Santa Clara County corner to come to its investigation before they can remove the remains that have been and had identify the next of kin. We will have more for you coming up at 10 00. Jesse, thank you. We want to go to the oakland the oakland along the berkeley border were two people have been shot. Happened on 61st street about 2 30 this afternoon. Ktvus henry lee is on the scene with more of what happened. Frank, this is the scene of 61st and lowell. Loo
Restaurants and Fishermans Wharf have now filed a lawsuit against San Francisco. Plus, from the road to the skies pack your patience. A busy Holiday Travel weekend is here. Station. Hes calling for news 2. Thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 2. Im justine waltman. Were going to start now with this amazing story out of Contra Costa County, where these fair workers were robbed. 2 of them, were attempting to deposit money at a bank in antioch where they were then robbed at gunpoint of nearly 90,000 called for swift planes, how this all happened long after the last visitors exited the Contra Costa County fair at the event park in antioch. Police say 2 fair employees were tasked with taking the money collected from admissions fees to the bmo Bank Depository on summersville road to drop off the catch. They parked in the bank at around monday morning as they were in the process of opening a box. Vehicle pulled up. Suspect exited approach. The 2 victims the bag, which is a backpac
Heading into the north bay coming into the city. Looks just fine, though. And at San Francisco international airport. Well, its expected to be busy. So our Charles Clifford stop by there today to see how travel is going so far. Well, here at sfo on thursday, lots of people getting an early start to their memorial day weekend vacation plans triple a says that this could be one of the busiest Holiday Weekends in years, according to triple a 38. 0, 4 million pehple will travel by car this weekend, possibly making this the busiest memorial day for vehicle trips since Record Keeping began at the turn of the century. Here in the bay area, triple a says that the best times to drive will be early in the morning or after 07 00pm with the worst time being around 11 00am on friday when traffic could be about 50 heavier than normal. They also say that 80 between San Francisco and napa will see the heaviest traffic at the airport. 3 and a half Million People will fly this Holiday Weekend nationwide